Necktie-fastener.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ROMMEL, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEWV YORK.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,118, dated July 4, 1899. Application filed September 14, 1898. $erialNo. 690,927. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN ROMMEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

The special object of the invention is to make a necktie-clasp of sheet metal soconstructed that it may be readily applied and will not be liable to get out of position. This has the efiect of always preserving the proper local relation of the necktie to the'collar so as always to present a neat and attractive appearance.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan view of the necktie-fastener before it has been applied, and Fig. 2 an elevation showing its true position on the necktie.

In the drawings, A represents my sheetmetal fastener, cut, preferably, on a circle of about fifty inches in diameter. Through the middle runs the longitudinal slots at a, between which extends the longitudinal spring a The latter is over the half-circle notches 0. in the bottom of the slot at. The neck of collar-button fits in these notches and is retained there by the spring (1 At the right end of the slot at is a circular hole a, large enough for a collarbutton head to pass through. At thebottom and on each side is a projection a with rounded ends, which are to be bent around the bottom of the collar, while on each end is a pointed projection a for securing the metallic sheet to the cravat or necktie. In each corner and in the middle are made small holes by which the fastener may be conveniently sewed to the cravat to hold them together in the event of the breaking of any of the points or projections.

The fastener is first secured on the inside of the cravat with the circular hole a toward the free end thereof, so that it willoccupy the space commencing seven inches from the center of the necktie and ending at the tenth inch from said center.

In putting the fastener on the necktie the two hooks a a work under the collar, while the head of collar-button is passed through the hole a. The band is then pulled to the right until the necktie is in the exact position JOHN ROMMEL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES RoMMEL, HARRY F. LEWIS. 

